[T-bucket23]

I have a weird issue and looking for some insight.
I have a 99 Chevy truck with a 5.3 with multi port injection. It is not the spider type it has a regular rail with injectors. Truck wont start. Has 60LBS of fuel pressure at the rail, specs call for 58-62. It almost starts but not quite. So I start poking around, pull the line off the fuel regulator and there is gas in it. Turn key on and fuel comes out of the vacuum port on the regulator. Ok so I think I found the issue. Replaced the regulator and the truck started and ran for a few seconds and died, start it again same thing. Back to no starting. If I spray fuel in the throttle body it starts and dies of course, so I know the spark is ok. I am getting pulses at the injectors. At first if I played with the gas pedal at about half throttle it would start and run really rough for 15-20 seconds and die.

Anyone seen this before. I have not done a lot on this particular setup but it seems somehow the fuel is not getting from the rail to the injectors.

Any Ideas would be appreciated.

[chucksrt]

have you checked the plugs? could have fouled them?

[T-bucket23]

Originally Posted by chucksrt

have you checked the plugs? could have fouled them?

It did cross my mind but if I spray fuel it the throttle body it will start so I dont think it is the issue.

[roysaric]

i have the same truck. and had the same problem, i took off the throtle body and cleaned it with break cleaner, put it back together and no problem sence. now it has 240,000 miles and runs like a champ

[T-bucket23]

Follow up
Fix it today, nothing made sense. Pulled the plugs they were wet so the injectors were spraying into the cylinders. Still started up if you spray into the throttle body.

So I used the tap on the fuel pressure gauge to check for volume, volume was great but it was all water .

Jumped the FP relay and drained the tank. There were 3 gallons in it and half of it was water.

Put in fresh gas and a few bottles of dry gas and it lives.

[66GMC]

Originally Posted by T-bucket23

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There were 3 gallons in it and half of it was water.
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You should have invited my wife.
She's the only gal I know that can burn water.
(Please don't tell her I said that!)

[T-bucket23]

Originally Posted by 66GMC

You should have invited my wife.
She's the only gal I know that can burn water.
(Please don't tell her I said that!)

I am sure see would not be happy